Ring-enhanced mass in the brain of a woman with systemic lupus erythematosus and elevated serum CA19-9 level: Brain abscess or metastatic tumor? - Case report

Neurologia Medico-Chirurgica

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 43-46

  Inamasu, Joji ^a   Nakamura, Yoshiki ^a   Saito, Ryoichi ^a   Kuroshima, Yoshiaki ^a   Mayanagi, Keita ^a   Ohba, Shigeo ^a   Nishikai, Masahiko ^a   Koyama, Kazunori ^a   Ichikizaki, Kiyoshi ^a  

^a NATIONAL HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION TOKYO MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brain abscess; CA19 9; Diffusion weighted magnetic resonance imaging; Metastatic brain tumor; Systemic lupus erythematosus

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CA 19-9 ANTIGEN; CARBAPENEM; CONTRAST MEDIUM; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; INSULIN; PREDNISONE; STEROID; VANCOMYCIN;

AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; BRAIN ABSCESS; BRAIN METASTASIS; BRAIN TUMOR; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS;

AGED; BRAIN ABSCESS; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CA-19-9 ANTIGEN; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC;

EID: 0037238234     PISSN: 04708105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2176/nmc.43.43     Document Type: Article

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